Young Co., TX - Obituaries - Mark Truett Barber *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: John B. King Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** Mark Truett Barber, 50 of Venice, Florida died Tuesday, March 25, 2008 as the result of a traffic accident. Mark, a 1975 graduate of Plant High School in Tampa, Fl. . Born June 21, 1957 in Olney, Texas. Mark lived in Hobbs, New Mexico before moving to Tampa, Fl. in 1967. After High School He worked in the restaurant and hotel industries and lived for periods of time in Boulder, Colorado, Springvale, Utah and Flagstaff, Arizona. He moved back to Tampa in 2003 and had been living in Venice, Florida since September 2007. He was predeceased by His Mother, Margaret McClain Barber. Survivors: His Father, the Reverand Billy T. Barber and His Wife, Pat of Carmi, Illinois; Sister, Cynthia Schoenig of Lakeland, Florida, Her Husband Matt and Sons, Abe and Jason; Brother, Mike of Bradenton, Florida \, His Wife, Judy and Sons, Houston and Coleman and StepMother, JoAnn Pennington and family. Memorial service 2 pm. Thursday, April 3, 2008 at the First Baptist Church of Tampa. Please make a donation to your favorite charity. Brown & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory, 43rd Street. Chapel, 604 W. 43rd. Street, Bradenton, Florida 34209 in charge of arrangements   Mamselle Saffold: The following comments and explanations go with the obit, please. Thanks. Venice, Florida is located SW of Tampa in Sarasota County. (Venice Beach, Venice East, Venice Gardens and Venice Groves, Florida all located in Sarasota County.) Plant High School, 2415 S. Himes Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33629. (813) 272-0624. Hillsborough County. Top school in the area. Olney, Young County, Texas Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado Boulder Junction, Colorado is located in Boulder County. Springvale, Utah is Springdale, Utah. Flagstaff, Arizona is located in Coconino County. Lakeland, Florida is located 20 miles east of Tampa in Polk County. Carmi, Illinois is located in White county. Bradenton, Florida is located SW of Tampa in Manatee County. (Manatee, large docile aquatic mammels.) First Baptist Church of Tampa, 302 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, Florida 33606. (813) 251-2425. Fax: (813) 251-3520. info@fbctampa.org. (Countys largest, oldest, important Baptist Church.) ("If by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you...then I will live forever, Love is behavior." Rest in God, Mark.)